Baby Nana

Sue Noll sent me this picture of Nana when she was a puppy. She used to own Nana. Isn't this the cutest pix ever?

 

Oso run order for Dec 12, 2015

	Open - Handler	Dog
1.	Mindy Mayer	Libby
2.	Janet Thorpe	Jude
3.	Lyndsey Ibbotson	Zeus
4.	Heather Haynes	Lad
5.	Susan Crocker	Cedar
6.	Tim Ballard	Nell
7.	Joe Haynes	Pepper
8.	Kathleen Torkelson	Josh
9.	Alison Deilke	Sock
10.	Corinne Berg	Bea
11.	Diane Pagel	Bliss
12.	Lorri Schubert	Destiny
13.	Cheryl Munson	Cooper
14.	Mindy Mayer	Blake
15.	Janet Thorpe	Sava
16.	Alison Deilke	Skye
17.	Corinne Berg	Max
18.	Kathleen Torkelson	Gael
19.	Mary Gutknecht	Mae
20.	Heather Haynes	Spot
	ProNov - Handler	Dog
1.	Audrey Baldessari	Kael
2.	Adrienne Burnett	Maddie
3.	Sally Tibbits	Shay
4.	Jo Roach	Davey
5.	Cheryl Munson	Tanner
6.	Susan Crocker	Harley
7.	Audrey Baldessari	Cate
8.	Lynne Green	Craig
9.	Joe Haynes	Jim
10.	Tim Browne	Reba
11.	Shari Madamba	Bo
12.	Audrey Baldessari	Dan
13.	Sally Tibbits	Gemma
14.	Adrienne Burnett	Maddie - NC
	Nov - Handler	Dog
1.	Carolann Mickels	Hank
2.	Amanda Jones	Patch
3.	Lisa Bergland	Sam
4.	Marilyne Cunnington	Chance
5.	Tim Browne	Nell
	Ranch - Handler	Dog
1.	Sally Tibbits	Gemma
2.	Sue Meagher	Gael
3.	Shari Madamba	Boomer
4.	Carolann Mickels	Hank
5.	Amanda Jones	Patch
6.	Lisa Bergland	Sam
7.	Marilyne Cunnington	Quill
8.	Tim Browne	Reba
9.	Sally Tibbits	Shay

Sheep Soccer

Using a LGD for predator control

A study of the effectiveness of guard dogs in deterring predators from killing livestock that began in Montana has been expanded to four additional states, and two additional breeds from Portugal and Bulgaria are now being tested along with dogs from Turkey.

 

The aim is to discover a dog breed that’s the most effective in reducing sheep depredation by wolves and grizzly bears, or another “nonlethal” tool for protecting sheep, as opposed to killing predators that attack livestock.

 

Guard dogs are used by 40 percent of sheep operations for predator control, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services, which handles USDA’s predator control efforts.

 

But little is known about how carnivores respond to them, said Daniel Kinka, a doctoral ecology student at Utah State University in Logan, who is overseeing the work.

 

And the study is looking at new breeds from Portugal, Turkey and Bulgaria. The breeds are not commonly used in the United States, but have long histories of defending livestock from bears and wolves in those countries.

 

“These are dogs who have been bred for many, many generations specifically to do the job they’re designed for, which is guarding sheep,” Kinka said.

 

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